Edin - Introduction to Philosophy
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Duration | 19 hours |
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Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
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- Approx. 19 hours to complete
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Introduction to Philosophy at Coursera Course details
- This course will introduce you to some of the main areas of research in contemporary philosophy. Each module a different philosopher will talk you through some of the most important questions and issues in their area of expertise. We?ll begin by trying to understand what philosophy is ? what are its characteristic aims and methods, and how does it differ from other subjects? Then we?ll spend the rest of the course gaining an introductory overview of several different areas of philosophy.
- Topics you?ll learn about will include:
- Epistemology, where we?ll consider what our knowledge of the world and ourselves consists in, and how we come to have it;
- Philosophy of science, where we?ll investigate foundational conceptual issues in scientific research and practice;
- Philosophy of Mind, where we?ll ask questions about what it means for something to have a mind, and how minds should be understood and explained;
- Political Philosophy, where we'll investigate whether we have an obligation to obey the law;
- Moral Philosophy, where we?ll attempt to understand the nature of our moral judgements and reactions ? whether they aim at some objective moral truth, or are mere personal or cultural preferences, and;
- Metaphysics, where we?ll think through some fundamental conceptual questions about free will and the nature of reality.
- The development of this MOOC has been led by the University of Edinburgh's Eidyn research centre.
- To accompany 'Introduction to Philosophy', we are pleased to announce a tie-in book from Routledge entitled 'Philosophy for Everyone'. This course companion to the 'Introduction to Philosophy' course was written by the Edinburgh Philosophy team expressly with the needs of MOOC students in mind. 'Philosophy for Everyone' contains clear and user-friendly chapters, chapter summaries, glossary, study questions, suggestions for further reading and guides to online resources. Please click "Start Here" and navigate to the "Optional Reading" page for more information.
Introduction to Philosophy at Coursera Curriculum
What is Philosophy?
Introduction: What is Philosophy?
Philosophy: Difficult, Important and Everywhere
Philosophy: How Do We Do It?
Is There A 'Right Way' To Think About Things?
About this Course
Module: What is Philosophy?
Optional Reading
Practice: What is Philosophy?
What is Philosophy?
Morality: Objective, Relative or Emotive?
The Status of Morality
Objectivism, Relativism and Emotivism
Objections to Objectivism, Relativism and Emotivism
Further Discussion
Module: Morality: Objective, Emotive or Relative?
Related work by Philosophy staff at the University of Edinburgh
Practice: Morality: Objective, Relative or Emotive?
The Basic Constituents of Knowledge
The Classical Account of Knowledge and the Gettier Problem
Do We Have Any Knowledge?
Further Discussion 1
Further Discussion 2
Module: What is Knowledge? And Do We Have Any?
Related work by Philosophy staff at the University of Edinburgh
Practice: What is Knowledge? And Do We Have Any?
Morality: Objective, Relative or Emotive?
What is Knowledge? And Do We Have Any?
Do We Have an Obligation to Obey the Law?
Do You Have an Obligation to Obey the Law?
The Grounds of Political Obligation
Gratitude and Benefit
Consent
Fairness
What if the Problem Can't Be Solved?
Summary
Module: Do We Have an Obligation to Obey the Law?
Related work by Philosophy staff at the University of Edinburgh
Practice: Do We Have an Obligation to Obey the Law?
Introduction: Hume on Testimony and Miracles
Reid's Challenge to Hume
Reid's Argument
Kant, the Enlightenment and Intellectual Autonomy
The Value of Intellectual Autonomy
Module: Should You Believe What You Hear?
Related work by Philosophy staff at the University of Edinburgh
Practice: Should You Believe What You Hear?
Do We Have an Obligation to Obey the Law?
Should You Believe What You Hear?
Minds, Brains and Computers
Descartes' Substance Dualism Theory of the Mind
Physicalism: Identity Theory and Functionalism
Functionalism and What Mental States Do
Functionalism and Functional Complexity
Minds vs. Machines: The Turing Test and the Chinese Room
Minds vs. Machines: Problems for the Computational View of the Mind
Further Discussion
Module: Mind, Brains and Computers
Related work by Philosophy staff at the University of Edinburgh
Practice: Minds, Brains and Computers
The Aim of Science: Saving the Phenomena vs. Truth
Saving the Phenomena? Ptolemeic Astronomy
Truth? Galileo and Copernican Astronomy
Scientific Realism and the No Miracles Argument
Scientific Anti-Realism: Constructive Empiricism
Realist Rejoinders: Inference to the Best Explanation
Concluding Summary
Module: Are Scientific Theories True?
Related work by Philosophy staff at the University of Edinburgh
Practice: Are Scientific Theories True?
Minds, Brains and Computers
Are Scientific Theories True?
Do We Have Free Will and Does It Matter?
What is Determinism?
Libertarianism
Compatibilism
Hard Determinism
Summary
Module: Do We Have Free Will? Does it Matter?
Related work by Philosophy staff at the University of Edinburgh
Practice: Do We Have Free Will and Does It Matter?
What Might Time Travel Be Anyway?
Grandfather Paradoxes
Two Senses of Change
Causal Loops
Where Next?
Further Discussions
Module: Time Travel and Philosophy
Related work by Philosophy staff at the University of Edinburgh
Practice: Time Travel and Philosophy
Do We Have Free Will and Does It Matter?
Time Travel and Philosophy
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